10039196

Portable Device

PublishedJuly 31, 2018
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Technical Abstract

Patent Claims
11 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A portable device comprising: an exterior member comprising a front exterior surface, a back exterior surface and an inner surface configured to define a hollow interior; a plurality of support parts provided in the hollow interior of the exterior member, wherein each of the plurality of support parts extends in a direction perpendicular to the front exterior surface or the back exterior surface of the exterior member; an inner member provided in the hollow interior of the exterior member; and a plurality of buffer members, wherein each of the plurality of buffer members is provided around a corresponding one of the plurality of support parts, wherein the plurality of buffer members are configured to buffer the inner member from being in contact with the exterior member, wherein the each of the plurality of buffer members comprises: a main part provided around the corresponding one of the plurality of support parts, wherein the main part has a shape conforming to a corresponding portion of the inner surface of the exterior member perpendicular to the front exterior surface or the back exterior surface of the exterior member, and wherein the main part is in elastic contact with the corresponding portion of the inner surface of the exterior member; and a protrusion extending from the main part in a direction following another corresponding portion of the inner surface of the exterior member perpendicular to the front exterior surface or the back exterior surface of the exterior member, and wherein the protrusion is in additionally elastic contact with the another corresponding portion of the inner surface of the exterior member.

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2. The portable device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of support parts and the plurality of buffer members are provided at least at four corners formed by the inner surface of the exterior member.

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3. The portable device according to claim 1 , wherein the inner member is mounted to outer peripheries of the plurality of buffer members.

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4. The portable device according to claim 1 , wherein the exterior member comprises an upper case and a lower case, and wherein the plurality of support parts is provided at any one of the upper case and the lower case.

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5. The portable device according to claim 4 , wherein the plurality of support parts is provided at the upper case of the exterior member, and wherein the portable device further comprises a plurality of fastening members, wherein each of the plurality of fastening members is respectively fastened through the lower case of the exterior member to the upper case of the exterior member to fix the upper case of the exterior member to the lower case of the exterior member.

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6. The portable device according to claim 5 , wherein the each of the plurality of support parts comprises a protruding receiving portion formed at the outer periphery of the each of the plurality of support parts, wherein the lower case is provided with a plurality of insertion hole portions in which the plurality of fastening members is inserted from an outside of the lower case, and wherein the each of the plurality of buffer members is arranged between a corresponding one of the protruding receiving portions of the support parts and a corresponding one of the insertion hole portions of the lower case.

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7. The portable device according to claim 1 , wherein the inner member is formed of a first synthetic resin.

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8. The portable device according to claim 7 , wherein the first synthetic resin is an acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) resin or a composite material of a polycarbonate (PC) resin and the ABS resin.

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9. The portable device according to claim 7 , wherein the each of the plurality of buffer members is formed of a second synthetic resin having higher resiliency than the first synthetic resin.

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10. The portable device according to claim 9 , wherein the second synthetic resin is a silicon resin or elastomer.

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11. The portable device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of support parts and the plurality of buffer members are provided at a first corner and a second corner formed by the inner surface at a first position in a longitudinal direction of the exterior member, a third corner and a fourth corner formed by the inner surface at a second position in the longitudinal direction of the exterior member, and two intermediate part formed by the inner surface at an intermediate position between the first position and the second position in the longitudinal direction.

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Publication Date

July 31, 2018

Inventors

Hiromasu MEGURO
Yasunori CHIBA
Shinya OKUMURA

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